diff --git a/docs/examples/certinfo.c b/docs/examples/certinfo.c
index 02558d98c..ffcec6356 100644
--- a/docs/examples/certinfo.c
+++ b/docs/examples/certinfo.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 static size_t wrfu(void *ptr,  size_t  size,  size_t  nmemb,  void *stream)
 {
diff --git a/docs/examples/chkspeed.c b/docs/examples/chkspeed.c
index fbcb1f764..b5c397ab7 100644
--- a/docs/examples/chkspeed.c
+++ b/docs/examples/chkspeed.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 #define URL_BASE "http://speedtest.your.domain/"
 #define URL_1M   URL_BASE "file_1M.bin"
diff --git a/docs/examples/curlgtk.c b/docs/examples/curlgtk.c
index 2c4428083..8cb9914c6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/curlgtk.c
+++ b/docs/examples/curlgtk.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h> /* new for v7 */
-#include <curl/easy.h> /* new for v7 */
 
 GtkWidget *Bar;
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpget.c b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
index 7b5e0d7cf..bcb42bb30 100644
--- a/docs/examples/ftpget.c
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpget.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 /*
  * This is an example showing how to get a single file from an FTP server.
diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpgetinfo.c b/docs/examples/ftpgetinfo.c
index 52f87d633..f0746693b 100644
--- a/docs/examples/ftpgetinfo.c
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpgetinfo.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 /*
  * This is an example showing how to check a single file's size and mtime
diff --git a/docs/examples/ftpgetresp.c b/docs/examples/ftpgetresp.c
index ea882a00f..29290a31d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/ftpgetresp.c
+++ b/docs/examples/ftpgetresp.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 /*
  * Similar to ftpget.c but this also stores the received response-lines
diff --git a/docs/examples/postit2.c b/docs/examples/postit2.c
index bb7fd48d7..63c248467 100644
--- a/docs/examples/postit2.c
+++ b/docs/examples/postit2.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
diff --git a/docs/examples/sepheaders.c b/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
index dac287886..afa14fc85 100644
--- a/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
+++ b/docs/examples/sepheaders.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
 
 static size_t write_data(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
 {
diff --git a/docs/examples/simplessl.c b/docs/examples/simplessl.c
index aeaadce59..46a378329 100644
--- a/docs/examples/simplessl.c
+++ b/docs/examples/simplessl.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h>
-#include <curl/easy.h>
-
 
 /* some requirements for this to work:
    1.   set pCertFile to the file with the client certificate
diff --git a/docs/examples/smooth-gtk-thread.c b/docs/examples/smooth-gtk-thread.c
index 8cf106c81..932f6e396 100644
--- a/docs/examples/smooth-gtk-thread.c
+++ b/docs/examples/smooth-gtk-thread.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <curl/types.h> /* new for v7 */
-#include <curl/easy.h> /* new for v7 */
 
 #define NUMT 4